LEARNING EXAMPLES

Alex discusses his memory palace-based mnemonics for learning Chinese vocabulary, as taken from the textbook Integrated Chinese Lesson 1 Part 2. Building on his earlier two blogs describing his system, he walks through a learning session, focusing on examples and the different tools he uses. Links to his original posts explaining the system can be found here: Part 1: The GistPart 2: Tweaks and Examples

Alex discusses his memory palace-based mnemonics for learning high-yield facts about the antibiotic class tetracyclines, as taken from the medical student review book First Aid. He covers several facets of our overall process for using memory techniques in medical studies.

Alex discusses his personal methods for using the website Memrise to learn English vocabulary. This video layers more advanced techniques onto to the basic strategy of linking keywords discussed in his earlier vocab video.

Alex talks through his images for the corresponding section in First Aid. You can follow along by placing his images in your own loci to build your memory palace for opioid analgesics. We think you'll find this investment pays off with long-term memory of the topic.